Mike Miliard

"Traditional risk-adjustment solutions have rapidly outgrown their retrospective-only payer use cases," Edifecs' CEO said.

The database giant says it plans to expand the company's global footprint as it invests big in healthcare – the "largest and most important vertical market in the world."

The two companies are "in talks" for a deal that could be worth as much as $30 billion, according to the report.

The goal of the partnership, which also includes UC Berkeley and DLA Piper, is to build a baseline understanding and confidence in a wild-west software market and allow for safer, more responsible deployment of AI and machine learning algorithms.

"It's not about ultimate security. It's about doing what's right for the organization, and it should be business-driven," said one expert at the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum.

A researcher from CISA describes the results of a report, which finds the U.S. healthcare infrastructure in "critical condition," thanks to COVID-19 and the disruption of ransomware and other security threats.

"What's measured is managed," as the saying goes, but the questions of what to measure, how to report it and how dashboards should be customized are just as important, says the CISO of Highmark Health.

The new data science and AI center aims to "establish appropriate AI governance, set validation and documentation standards, detect inherent bias, ensure data integrity and promote AI literacy among caregivers."

Dr. Nasim Afsar will be in charge of the company's efforts around patient care, which are focused on quality and safety, regulatory compliance, government and policy, and continuous improvement.

The health information network's executive director, Jay Nakashima, sees big progress with 21st century Cures Act compliance, TEFCA, data quality, FHIR adoption and information exchange among providers, public health agencies and labs.